This is only a very simple
representation of what you can do with MySQL.
The applications of databases in today`s
internet are limitless. As for this guestbook
application, there are several improvements
that can be made, including the filtering of
some malicious HTML, and options to display
only a certain number of entries on one page.
For more information
on MySQL, be sure to check out the MySQL
webpage at
http://www.mysql.com/ . For more
information about the perl DBI interface, try
http://mysql.turbolift.com/mysql/DBD_3.21.X.html.